Isaiah 44:11-13

International Standard Version

¹¹ To be sure, all who associate with it will be put to shame; and as for the craftsmen, they are only human. Let them all gather together and^[a] take their stand. Then^[b] let them be terrified—they will be humiliated together.

¹² The blacksmith prepares a tool and works in the coals, then^[c] fashions an idol with hammers, working by the strength of his arm. He even becomes hungry and loses his strength; he drinks no water and grows faint.

¹³ The carpenter measures it^[d] with a line; he traces its shape with a stylus, then fashions it with planes and shapes it with a compass. He makes the idol like a human figure, with human beauty, to be at home^[e] in a shrine.